Update: I just checked out the webcam, it is now showing the picture above as of 12am Friday Mar 3 2009.

NASA has just announced that a camera on the International Space Station will be used as a webcam to broadcast live images of the earth on the Internet whenever the astronauts or NASA are not using the powerful camera. When there is no current feed (such as right now), a simple picture as the one seen below is displayed. NASA says the camera will be aimed towards the earth for the world to see online. So, make sure you check it out and bookmark it to see what its really like when its up. Pretty kool, to say the least.